Middle Primitive Elvish
el
root. star, starry sky
Derivatives
Element in
kwen(ed)
root. Elf
Derivatives
Variations
- KWENED ✧ PE18/034; PE18/061
kwenedē
noun. Elf
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWEN(ED) “Elf” ✧ Ety/KWEN(ED)
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹ✶morikwende “Dark-elf” ✧ PE19/057; PE19/059
Variations
- kwènedḗ ✧ PE19/057; PE19/059
- kwendḗ ✧ PE19/059
- kwĕndĕ ✧ PE21/69
ʒel
root. sky
Derivatives
- Ilk. gell “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- Ilk. gelu “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- ᴹ✶
Helwe“Elwe” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- N. Elwe “Elwe” ✧ EtyAC/ƷEL
- ᴺQ. helin “pansy”
- ᴹQ. helle “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- ᴹQ. helwa “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- ᴹT. Elu
- On. el “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- On. elle “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- N. ell “sky” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- On. elwa “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
- N. elw “(pale) blue” ✧ Ety/ƷEL
Element in
gilya
noun. star
Derivations
- ᴹ√GIL “shine (white or pale)” ✧ Ety/GIL
Derivatives
- N. geil “star” ✧ Ety/GIL
Element in
- ᴹQ. tingilya “twinkling star” ✧ Ety/GIL
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sky”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. helle/N. ell “sky” and ᴹQ. helwa/N. elw “(pale) blue” (Ety/ƷEL). It was the basis for the initial elements of the names N. Elrond, N. Elwing and ᴹQ. Elwe, but elsewhere Tolkien connected these names to √EL “star”. It was also an element in the word N. eilian(w) “rainbow, (lit.) sky-bridge”, later given as S. ninniach. On the basis of these changes, I think it is likely Tolkien abandoned ᴹ√ƷEL, but some of its derived words are still popular in Neo-Eldarin.